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<nowiki>पुस्तक; ksiōnżka; nwoma/krataa; bók; کتاب; buku; чиныг; book; کتاب; íncwadzí; kwaa̱mbwat; Boch; کتاب; kniha; книга; kitap; 图书; sebre; kitob; কিতাপ; книга; knjiga; किताब; libru; livre; knjiga; सफू; Kakkadu; кинига; पुस्तक; βιβλίο; ବହି; boek; libro; lévro; књига; incwadi; 本; bog; کتاب; Buch; llibre; bok; buku; ivola; kitap; 書; kirje; adlis; كتاب; levr; പുസ്തകം; စာအုပ်; 書; китеп; książka; buku; karalo'uta; کتاب; llibru; Book; китап; llyfr; liber; leabhar; գիրք; 書本; buku; წიგნი; पोत्थकं; libro; codad; كتاب; ܟܬܒܐ; පොත; cudad; aklat; पुस्तक; 图书; kirja; live; book; ǩeʹrjj; நூல்; saw; ḇuuk; ном; pirtûk; кніга; book; китап; ktieb; livro; kitab; libbru; book; ᱯᱚᱛᱚᱵ; kitap; улуб; libro; libro; lyver; carti; kniha; หนังสือ; libre; bok; knjiga; boky; libro; книга; kirju; buk; libro; łibro; పుస్తకము; Incwadi; panka; кĕнеке; liv; āmoxtli; libër; libro; lipu toki; livro; Libro; igitabo; tapowatcike masinahikan; Buch; نومه; книга; پەرتووک; carte; libbro; si; buug; ном; pirtûk; buk; akwụkwọ; 書籍; cukta; ປຶ້ມ; 책; Buech; libro; ਕਿਤਾਬ; buki; کتاب; knéga; cṳ̆; buku; بوکو; кніга; knigły; 書籍; בוך; Buch; kniha; liin; небӧг; grāmata; boek; liwru; джей; takayaɣ; bhuku; buka; ном; chheh; книга; ⴰⴷⵍⵉⵙ; buku; kıtabi; ಪುಸ್ತಕ; búku; 書; liburu; kuatiañe'ẽ; kirj; ߞߊ߬ߝߊ; ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑦ/qimirruat; könyv; መጽሐፍ; પુસ્તક; книга; gafɛ; кънига; کیتاب; agbale; buk; книга; livro; књига; boek; buku; पुस्तक; bok; beuk; sách; Buach; libre; ספר; китап; বই; lioar; biru; girji; китоб; ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯛ; кыррьй; китоб; libro; gærja; գիրք; liv; raamat; bóc; girjje; کتاب; boek; ìwé; кинига; knjiga; buk; кітап; buku; knyga; knjiga; kitap; kninga; ᎪᏪᎵ; basahon; kitabu; leabhar; 書籍; 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃; кинигэ; ڪتاب; Buch; girja; littafi; 图书; liber; medio para registrar información en forma de escritura o imágenes impresas; written text that can be published in printed or electronic form; напечатано издание; lyuut hu á̱ maai shei a̱ni di̱n vak lyui ku vak ili̱kti̱ronik; ciltli veya ciltsiz olarak bir araya getirilmiş, basılı veya yazılı kâğıt yaprakların bütünü; dielo vydané tlačou v samostatnom zväzku; письмовий запис, неперіодичне видання у вигляді зброшурованих аркушів друкованого матеріалу; 帶有文字和圖像的紙張的集合; e Sammlig vo Text oder Bilder uf Papier (klasseschi Buechform), i digitale Form (E-Book) oder as Tonuufnahm (Hörbuech); bosma yoki yozma sahifalar toʻplami; skriba teksto publikigebla en presita aŭ elektronika formo. Antaŭ la elektronika, ĝi konsistis de kungluitaj folioj de paperoj, papirusoj, ktp.; psaný text vydaný v tištěné či elektronické formě; लिखल पाठ जे प्रकाशित भइल होखे, छापा में चाहे इलेक्ट्रानिक तरीका से छपल होखे; জ্ঞান ও বিনোদন উপস্থাপনের মুদ্রিত ও বাঁধাইকৃত মাধ্যম; document écrit formé de pages reliées entre elles; लेखन किंवा प्रतिमांच्या स्वरूपात माहिती संकलन करण्याचे माध्यम; medium; phương tiện sử dụng từ và/hoặc hình ảnh để truyền tải kiến thức hoặc một câu chuyện; agasmang ti naisurat, naimaldit, nailustrado dagiti blanko a sabanas; медијум који представља збир речи и/или слика којима се преноси знање или замишљена прича; into okuqoshiwe ukwaziswa kuyo ngohlobo lombhalo nangezithombe; coleção de palavras e/ou imagens para representar o conhecimento ou uma história fictícia, muitas vezes manifestada em papel amarrado e tinta ou em livros digitais; medium for en samling av ord og/eller bilder; kağız və mürəkkəblə hazırlanan yaxud elektron formada olan və informasiya təqdim edən sözlər və yaxud şəkillər toplusu; ಪದಗಳ ಮತ್ತು / ಅಥವಾ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸಲು, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬೌಂಡ್ ಕಾಗದ ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಇ-ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ; بۆ تۆمارکردنی زانیاریە بە شێوەی نووسین یان وێنە; medium for recording information (words or images) typically on bound pages or more abstractly in electronic or audio form; مجموعة من الأوراق بأنواع مختلفة (ورقية، إلكترونية، إلخ.) تحتوي على كلمات وجمل لهدف أساسي وهو الحفظ (ضد الضياع).; teul skrivet; ߟߐ߲ߠߌ߲ ߠߎ߬ ߦߋ߫ ߟߊߞߊ߬ߝߏ߬ ߟߊ߫ ߝߋ߲ ߡߍ߲ ߘߐ߫ ߛߊ߫ ߘߐ߬ߞߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߠߌ߲߬ߠߊ ߟߎ߬ ߘߌ߫ ߛߴߊ߬ ߘߐ߲߬ߘߐ߰ߣߍ߲߫ ߘߐ߬ߞߊ߬ߙߊ߲߫ ߠߴߊ߬ߟߎ߫ ߝߙߍߡߊ߬ ߛߐ߲߬; információhordozó közeg, leggyakrabban papírra írott, nyomtatott, festett jelek, betűk; lan inprimatua edo eskuz izkiriatua biltzeko erabiltzen den euskarri fisikoa edo digitala; obra impresa o manuscrita cosida o enquadernada de manera que es reuneix en un volum; in sich abgeschlossene Sammlung von Text oder Bildern auf Papier (klassisches Buch), in digitaler Form (E-Book) oder als Tonaufzeichnung (Hörbuch); друкаванае выданне ў выглядзе пераплеценых разам лістоў паперы з якім-небудзь тэкстам; رسانه نوشتاری; 帶有文字或圖像的紙張的集合; en samling af én eller flere tekster og/eller billeder for at representere viden eller en fiktiv historie, ofte manifesteret i fysisk form, eller i elektronisk format.; 情報を文字や図画でまとめ、通常、インクで紙に印刷したもの; documento scripte composite de paginas interligate; littafin rubutu; טקסט מודפס ו/או דיגיטלי; нинди дә булса текстны эченә алган, битләре билгеле бер тәртиптә бергә җыйналып төпләнгән басма (элек – шулай ук кулъязма, хәзерге заманда шулай ук электрон) әсәр; लेखन या छवियों के रूप में जानकारी दर्ज करने का माध्यम; ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ /ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ / ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱱᱤ/ ᱚᱱᱚᱬᱦᱮ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱢᱴᱟᱣ; painettu tai sähköinen teksti; கருத்துகள், படங்கள், ஒளிப்படங்கள், கருத்து, கதை, பாடல் போன்றவற்றினை ஒருங்கிணைந்த முறையில் அளிக்கும் ஒரு ஊடகம் அல்லது அச்சு ஆவணம்; documento scritto costituito da un insieme di fogli stampati oppure manoscritti; paj ki kole ak lòt e ki bay yon sans; meedium teabe üles kirjutamiseks (sõnad või pildid) tavaliselt köidetud lehekülgedel, või abstraktsemas mõttes elektrooniliselt või audioformaadis; 載籍之總名也; нинди дә булса текстны эченә алган, битләре билгеле бер тәртиптә бергә җыйналып төпләнгән басма (элек – шулай ук кулъязма, хәзерге заманда шулай ук электрон) әсәр; 带有文字和图像的纸张的集合; pappersmedium eller digitalt medium med samling av ord och bilder som representerar kunskap eller en fiktiv berättelse; писани текст који се може објавити у штампаном или електронском облику; cugghiuta di palori e mmàggini ca rapprisèntunu canuscenza, di sòlitu stampati o manuscritti supra carta riligata, o puru digitalizzati ntôn ducumentu elittrònicu; coleção de palavras e/ou imagens para representar o conhecimento ou uma história fictícia, muitas vezes manifestada em papel amarrado e tinta ou em livros digitais; କିଛି ଚିତ୍ର ଓ ଶବ୍ଦ ଗୁଡିକର ସମାହାର ଯାହାକୁ କାଗଜରେ ଛପା ଯାଇଥାଏ କିମ୍ବା ଇଣ୍ଟର୍ନେଟ ରେ ଇ-ପୁସ୍ତକ ହିସାବରେ ରଖାଯାଇଥାଏ ।; друкаванае выданьне збораў тэкстаў і/або выяваў дзеля прадастаўленьня ведаў, аповедаў, гісторыяў; dokumint; medium për koleksionimin e fjalëve dhe/ose figurave për të paraqitur njohuri ose një tregim fiktiv, shpesh të manifestuar në letër dhe ngjyrë të lidhura, ose në libra elektronikë; informatiedrager, gedrukt, op papier geschreven of digitaal; katipunan ng mga nailimbag na akda; носитель информации; вид печатной продукции; объединённые листы с информацией; kumpulan kertas atau bahan lainnya yang dijilid menjadi satu pada salah satu ujungnya dan berisi tulisan atau gambar; สิ่งพิมพ์ที่มีการเย็บเล่มเข้าด้วยกัน ของข้อมูลประเภทตัวอักษรหรือรูปภาพ; dokument piśmienniczy w postaci wielostronicowej publikacji; document scris format din mai multe pagini; 帶有文字和圖像的紙張的集合; nindi dä bulsa tekstnı eçenä alğan, bitläre bilgele ber tärtiptä bergä cıynalıp töplängän basma (elek - şulay uq qul'yazma, xäzerge zamanda şulay uq elektron) äsär; cyfrwng ar gyfer cofnodi gwybodaeth ar ffurf ysgrifennu neu ddelweddau; زرائع ابلاغ جو هڪ قسم; Buku nyɛla binshɛli din mali gbana ka sabbu be di ni ka ni nir'ni tooi karim li.; obra impresa; 지식을 표현하기 위해 단어들이나 그림들을 모아놓은 것; υλικός φορέας γραπτού ή και εικαστικού περιεχομένου; ရေးသားခြင်းသို့မဟုတ်ပုံသွင်းခြင်းတို့ဖြင့်အချက်အလက်များစုစည်းသည့်ဝတ္ထု; libros; sû; ⰽⱏⱀⰻⰳⰰ; kitab; patara qhilqa; Bücher; masinahikan; libri; libra; књиге; boek (literetuur); kundili; boch (z lääse); 書籍; 書物; 図書; 典籍; nide; nidos; shefdo (Buug); Ном (бэшэг); łivro; ספרים; кенәгә; 書; kenägä; పుస్తకాలు; పుస్తకం; 서적; 도서; 책자; 문적; 전적; 편적; 서전; 서사; 서질; 북; live (po lére); 书; 书籍; 图书; 書籍; 書; 圖書; 书本; knížka; புத்தகம்; பொத்தகம்; ஏடு; சுவடி; நூல் (எழுத்துப் படைப்பு); पुस्तक; पुस्तिका; बुक; পুস্তক; গ্রন্থ; ouvrage; livres; ouvrages; livre (document); liv (pou li); raamatud; liv (dokouman); кенәгә; Buch; libri; کتابیں; 書; ପୁସ୍ତକ; bøker; ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ; 书; books; Дешарг; libro; кнӣга; nkwaa̱mbwat; kwa-a̱mbwat; ta̱ka̱da; libro; księga; tom; tomik; ഗ്രന്ഥം; boek (document); ܟܬܒܐ (ܣܦܪܐ); Жайна; kıtab; كتێب; پەڕتووک; پرتووک; کتێب; books; libri; aranduka; hæfte</nowiki>
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Wikidata Q571
GND ID: 4008570-3
Library of Congress authority ID: sh85015738
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119322951
NDL Authority ID: 00573378
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 303
NL CR AUT ID: ph114930
HDS ID: 010461
National Library of Spain ID: XX4576243
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10639916
BabelNet ID: 00012059n
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007283230005171
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Afrikaans: Boek
Brezhoneg: Levrioù
Català: Llibres
Čeština: Knihy
Deutsch: Bücher
Dolnoserbski: Knigły
English: A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page.
Esperanto: Libroj
Español: Libros
فارسی: کتاب
العربية: كتاب
Suomi: Kirjat
Français : Livres
Hrvatski: Knjige
Magyar: Könyvek
עברית: ספרים
Hornjoserbsce: Knihi
Bahasa Indonesia: Buku
Íslenska: bækur°
Íslenska: Bók
Italiano: Libri
日本語: 本
ქართული: წიგნები
한국어: 책
Latviešu: Grāmata
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਕਿਤਾਬ
Polski: Książki
Português: Livros
Română: Carte
Русский: Книги
SiSwati: Tíncwâdzi
Türkçe: Kitap
Українська: Книга
Tiếng Việt: Sách
Volapük: Buks
বাংলা: বই
中文（简体）：书
中文（繁體）：書

Early books[edit]

  • Romance Papyrus (2nd century)
    Romance Papyrus (2nd century)
  • Heracles Papyrus (3rd century)
    Heracles Papyrus (3rd century)
  • Vergilius Augusteus (4th century)
    Vergilius Augusteus (4th century)
  • Vatican Vergil (5th century)
    Vatican Vergil (5th century)
  • Codex Argentus (6th century)
    Codex Argentus (6th century)
  • Book of Durrow (7th century)
    Book of Durrow (7th century)
  • Lindisfarne Gospels (8th century)
    Lindisfarne Gospels (8th century)
  • Lombard book, Switzerland (9th-10th century)
    Lombard book, Switzerland (9th-10th century)
  • Byzantine book (created prior to 1085)
    Byzantine book (created prior to 1085)
  • La Chanson de Roland (1098)
    La Chanson de Roland (1098)
  • Page from Yingzao Fashi (Song dynasty printing, 1145)
    Page from Yingzao Fashi (Song dynasty printing, 1145)
  • Page from a 12th century edition of the Tale of Genji
    Page from a 12th century edition of the Tale of Genji
  • Illustration from De Balneis Puteolanis (1220)
    Illustration from De Balneis Puteolanis (1220)
  • Parchment scroll (13th century)
    Parchment scroll (13th century)
  • Gesta Danorum parchment page (13th century)
    Gesta Danorum parchment page (13th century)
  • page from the Wigalois (1220-1230)
    page from the Wigalois (1220-1230)
  • Codex Runicus (ca 1300)
    Codex Runicus (ca 1300)
  • Sachsenspiegel (1385)
    Sachsenspiegel (1385)
  • Treasure binding (1339)
    Treasure binding (1339)
  • Jikji page (1397)
    Jikji page (1397)
  • Kiev Psalter (1397)
    Kiev Psalter (1397)
  • page from Dante's Inferno (ca 1350-1410)
    page from Dante's Inferno (ca 1350-1410)
  • Reims gospel (14th century)
    Reims gospel (14th century)
  • Tarikhnama (early 14th century)
    Tarikhnama (early 14th century)
  • page from Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (ca 1412-1416)
    page from Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (ca 1412-1416)
  • Canterbury Tales (manuscript, early 15th century)
    Canterbury Tales (manuscript, early 15th century)
  • Canterbury Tales, (printed book, 1477)
    Canterbury Tales, (printed book, 1477)
  • Kitab Ash-shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa (the Ash-Shifa) (15th century edition)
    Kitab Ash-shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa (the Ash-Shifa) (15th century edition)
  • page from The House of Phristinus by Simon Marmion (1475)
    page from The House of Phristinus by Simon Marmion (1475)
  • Profits champetres (1485)
    Profits champetres (1485)

Historic books[edit]

  • Shrine of the Book, housing the Dead Sea Scrolls
    Shrine of the Book, housing the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Gutenberg Bible
    Gutenberg Bible
  • Till Eulenspiegel, early popular fiction character (1519)
    Till Eulenspiegel, early popular fiction character (1519)
  • Augsburg Confession (1531)
    Augsburg Confession (1531)
  • King James Bible (1611)
    King James Bible (1611)
  • Shakespeare's works (First Folio) (1623)
    Shakespeare's works (First Folio) (1623)
  • Bay Psalm Book (1640)
    Bay Psalm Book (1640)
  • Isaac Newton's Principia
    Isaac Newton's Principia
  • Thomas Hobbe's Leviathan (1651)
    Thomas Hobbe's Leviathan (1651)
  • John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
    John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
  • Encyclopædia Britannica (early edition)
    Encyclopædia Britannica (early edition)
  • Diccionario de la lengua española (1780)
    Diccionario de la lengua española (1780)
  • Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1790)
    Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1790)
  • Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto (1848)
    Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto (1848)
  • Charles Darwin's Origin of Species
    Charles Darwin's Origin of Species
  • Abraham Lincoln inaugural bible
    Abraham Lincoln inaugural bible
  • Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)
    Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)
  • Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (third edition, 1873)
    Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (third edition, 1873)
  • Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland
    Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)
  • Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1903)
    The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1903)
  • Neue Gedichte, Rainer Maria Rilke (1907)
    Neue Gedichte, Rainer Maria Rilke (1907)
  • The Wind in the Willows (1913, first printing 1908)
    The Wind in the Willows (1913, first printing 1908)
  • Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore (1912)
    Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore (1912)
  • Death in Venice, Thomas Mann (1913)
    Death in Venice, Thomas Mann (1913)
  • the Little Red Songbook (1919)
    the Little Red Songbook (1919)
  • Ulysses, James Joyce (1922)
    Ulysses, James Joyce (1922)
  • The Trial, Franz Kafka (1925)
    The Trial, Franz Kafka (1925)
  • Mein Kampf (1925), in a US World War II poster
    Mein Kampf (1925), in a US World War II poster
  • Das Schloß (The Castle), Franz Kafka (1926)
    Das Schloß (The Castle), Franz Kafka (1926)
  • The Hobbit (1937)
    The Hobbit (1937)
  • Darkness at Noon (1940-1941)
    Darkness at Noon (1940-1941)
  • Warren Commission report (1964)
    Warren Commission report (1964)
  • Mao Zedong's Quotations (ca 1960s)
    Mao Zedong's Quotations (ca 1960s)
  • The Whole Earth Catalog (1969)
    The Whole Earth Catalog (1969)
  • Langenscheidt Lilliput (1964)
    Langenscheidt Lilliput (1964)

Book cover illustration[edit]

Book design[edit]

  • Marbled end papers
    Marbled end papers
  • End papers (front) (1896)
    End papers (front) (1896)
  • Book frontispiece (ca 1646)
    Book frontispiece (ca 1646)
  • Half title (1877)
    Half title (1877)
  • Title page (1852)
    Title page (1852)
  • Title page with epigraph (1829)
    Title page with epigraph (1829)
  • Copyright page (1899)
    Copyright page (1899)
  • Dedication page (1494)
    Dedication page (1494)
  • Foreword (1900)
    Foreword (1900)
  • Introduction (1921)
    Introduction (1921)
  • Preface (1895)
    Preface (1895)
  • Opening page (1890s)
    Opening page (1890s)
  • Carpet page (9th century)
    Carpet page (9th century)
  • decorative epigraph
    decorative epigraph
  • Multiple editions of Frankenstein
    Multiple editions of Frankenstein
  • ex libris
    ex libris
  • Historiated initial
    Historiated initial
  • Rubrics (red letters)
    Rubrics (red letters)
  • Colophon
    Colophon
  • Printer's mark
    Printer's mark
  • Decorated Incipit
    Decorated Incipit

Book business[edit]

  • Early notice for the Frankfurt Book Fair (1573)
    Early notice for the Frankfurt Book Fair (1573)
  • Frankfurt Book Fair (2008)
    Frankfurt Book Fair (2008)
  • Frontispiece from The Library, by Andrew Lang (about books) (1881)
    Frontispiece from The Library, by Andrew Lang (about books) (1881)
  • poster advertising books by L. Frank Baum
    poster advertising books by L. Frank Baum
  • Bookshop (1820)
    Bookshop (1820)
  • Bookseller, Germany
    Bookseller, Germany
  • Book stalls, Paris
    Book stalls, Paris
  • Book signing by author
    Book signing by author
  • Book signing by author
    Book signing by author
  • literary award
    literary award
  • Book department, Selfridge's, London (1942)
    Book department, Selfridge's, London (1942)
  • City Lights Books, San Francisco
    City Lights Books, San Francisco

Books in art[edit]

  • Walk of Ideas, Berlin-Mitte
    Walk of Ideas, Berlin-Mitte
  • Madonna des Kanonikus Georg van der Paele Jan van Eyck (1439)
    Madonna des Kanonikus Georg van der Paele Jan van Eyck (1439)
  • 1400s painting by Pedro Berruguete showing the Miracle of Fanjeaux
    1400s painting by Pedro Berruguete showing the Miracle of Fanjeaux
  • "The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels" ('The Manchester Madonna'), attributed to Michelangelo
    "The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels" ('The Manchester Madonna'), attributed to Michelangelo
  • Quentin Matsys, "The Moneylender and his Wife" (1514)
    Quentin Matsys, "The Moneylender and his Wife" (1514)
  • Etienne Chevalier with St. Stephen, Jean Fouquet (ca. 1454)
    Etienne Chevalier with St. Stephen, Jean Fouquet (ca. 1454)
  • The Story Book, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1877)
    The Story Book, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1877)
  • Saint Hieronymus (Saint Jerome in his study), Follower of Joos van Cleve (16th or 17th century)
    Saint Hieronymus (Saint Jerome in his study), Follower of Joos van Cleve (16th or 17th century)
  • Mother Goose reading fairy tales, Gustave Doré
    Mother Goose reading fairy tales, Gustave Doré
  • Saint Jerome (17th century)
    Saint Jerome (17th century)
  • Babel tower of Buenos Aires
    Babel tower of Buenos Aires
  • Mr Garrick (David Garrick) reciting the Ode in honor of Shakespeare
    Mr Garrick (David Garrick) reciting the Ode in honor of Shakespeare
  • Plaque commemorating the Nazi book burning of 1933, Römerberg Square in front of Frankfurt city hall, Hesse, Germany
    Plaque commemorating the Nazi book burning of 1933, Römerberg Square in front of Frankfurt city hall, Hesse, Germany
  • Pariser Büchermarkt (Bouquinistes, Paris), Fritz Westendorp (1911)
    Pariser Büchermarkt (Bouquinistes, Paris), Fritz Westendorp (1911)
  • Bookplate of American painter and illustrator Edward Penfield (1866-1925)
    Bookplate of American painter and illustrator Edward Penfield (1866-1925)

Unusual books[edit]

  • Codex Leicester, Leonard Da Vinci
    Codex Leicester, Leonard Da Vinci
  • Jack Warner's address book
    Jack Warner's address book
  • Limits to bookbinding
    Limits to bookbinding
  • Summit register
    Summit register
  • Bamboo slip book, China (18th century)
    Bamboo slip book, China (18th century)
  • Friedrich Kellner diary
    Friedrich Kellner diary

Featured pictures[edit]

  • From a 15th century Egyptian manuscript
    From a 15th century Egyptian manuscript
  • From Cosmographia (1568)
    From Cosmographia (1568)
  • From Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660)
    From Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660)
  • From Cyclopaedia (1728)
    From Cyclopaedia (1728)
  • Page from "Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790", Antonio de Leon y Gama (1792)
    Page from "Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790", Antonio de Leon y Gama (1792)
  • From a 1798 book by John Gabriel Stedman
    From a 1798 book by John Gabriel Stedman
  • From Anatomy of the Human Body (1804)
    From Anatomy of the Human Body (1804)
  • From an illuminated Persian manuscript (1808)
    From an illuminated Persian manuscript (1808)
  • From Gustave Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible
    From Gustave Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible
  • Study drawing of the allegorical figure of Romance, taken from the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building, by Kenyon Cox
    Study drawing of the allegorical figure of Romance, taken from the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building, by Kenyon Cox
  • From Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
    From Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
  • From Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (ca 1905 or earlier)
    From Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (ca 1905 or earlier)
  • From Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
    From Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)

Other[edit]

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